I Bought Rip Off Products off TEMU

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In 99.9% cases nobody would ever notice what kind of wood was used for dominos.

Consider that Rockler is the ripoff. Ripping off the American consumer for 10X the actual cost of a product. And that is just one in a million examples of the same thing going on. Go buy a designer watch for $300-$400 and I almost guarantee you it was made in a Chinese factory that sells them with the little logo on the face for $30-$40.

I am a crafter and have bought numerous items on Temu, I cannot say every single one was perfect for the job but 98% were brilliant and extremely cheaper than the named brands. I suppose it's the old saying "buyer beware".

When major companies use Chinese manufacturers the manufacturers have been known to make the same or similar products using cheaper materials in the same factory but sell them unbranded.

Prices on Temu do go up and down frequently due to sales, but the good thing is if within 30 of your purchase you notice a lower price, they will refund you the difference

Rockler can write the word "Patent " with no reference number all they like. The fact is you cant patent a Brush lol. The only rip off is Rocklers price

@1:43, I’ll buy the Temu straight edge for $40 rather than pay $150.00 for the Woodpecker. The tolerance is well within the range for even the most demanding woodwork. Remember, when you cut a piece of wood you are introducing a slight error , a deviation from the measurement.

The problem is you went into this challenge with a bias. If you were on the poorer side and wanted a hobby on the cheap would you buy these items? Every item you touched you already had an opinion on before you tried it.

One error in the video is the Temu handjig is $20.48. It’s actually the saw refills that are $6.48. Temu is deceptive, you need to actually click on the product picture. In your video, it is not clicked so it defaults to the saw refill lower price $6.48. Totally get how this happened though. Temu does this on purpose.

To be honest, the GRR-RIPPER Patents have expired. But, I will point out that we support our products. When you cut into a GRR-RIPPER leg, you can buy a new one. If you have questions on how to use your GRR-RIPPER, we answer the phones here in Florida.

3:20 Nah dude, that's the same exact mold. What often happens is the factory just uses cheaper raw materials in the same machinery and dies they made for the original company.

"The Microjig is not much of a price difference." From $64 to $41.98 is a 22.86% difference and is still pretty good.

EMT here, I have run multiple calls involving that chainsaw head grinder wheel thing. The fact they market it to beginners is even worse. In my opinion that shouldn’t be sold to general public. Mishaps with those are MESSY. Thanks for your amazing videos by the way David! You’ve made me a better woodworker.

I've bought hundreds of items from Temu and I've only gotten THREE that were not up to expectations and TEMU refunded my money without any problem. So you need to apologize!

"silicon" (rhymes with gone) is a brittle metal used in making chips (computer style), silicone (rhymes with hone) is a rubbery material

I’ve got one of the Marita-fake hand routers bought from Amazon. It’s at least 5 years old and never missed a beat. It’s insanely loud but it lives in my basic router bench and it’s still going strong.

I think the difference in sound between the Makita and the knockoff is air movement. It sounds like the Makita has a powerful fan blowing over the motor, while the temp has much less air movement. Which would explain why the temu one heated up so quickly, as well.

Until you discover that the Temu supplier is the same supplier to your "genuine supplier"

It doesn't matter whether it's a rip off or not, the main thing is that it's cheaper than the original and it does what it's supposed to do. I don't know why temu is so bad-mouthed everywhere, it sells things for the small wallet that have senseless prices elsewhere. I'd rather buy something for $5 that wobbles a bit than the same product for three times the price. Then I just put something under it and it stopped wobbling. I have been buying from Temu for the last few years and I will be buying there for the next few years too. Why ? Simple answer: The price makes the difference.